The dorsal fin is the vertical fin on the back of a fish and certain marine mammals. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They are shockingly gracile and incredibly long-bodied, with a shape that (when seen in dorsal view) has been likened to that of a champagne flute. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
Reward circuits in a brain region called the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex also lit up. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
I think you mistakenly called the dorsal stream the what pathway - it is the where pathway a typo, I'm sure. From Wordnik.com. [The Two-Streams Hypothesis] Reference
Not 'kind of like a penis'; it looked like a urologically-correct appendage, right down to what we believe is called the dorsal vein. From Wordnik.com. [B&C - Advertising News] Reference
Vertebrates, as the gill-slits, the notochord, and a nervous system developed from the ectoderm of the "dorsal" surface. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
With reference to the secondary axis (approximately defined at this stage by the 'dorsal' 3D macromere) the basal cells 1m. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
"dorsal" in this post. plus this is an ancient history item written over a half century ago by. From Wordnik.com. [CapeCodToday Blog Chowder] Reference
Grain is oblong reddish brown, with a faint dorsal groove. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Normally, the two systems live in separate dorsal quarters. From Wordnik.com. [Taking A New Look At Pain] Reference
"Seven cervical, twelve dorsal!" he cried with immense glee. From Wordnik.com. [Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers] Reference
Manipulate with N.P. along the spine upon the dorsal vertebræ. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
He divides the vertebral columns into cervical, dorsal, and lumbar portions. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
If in the throat, place N.P. somewhere on the dorsal vertebræ, and treat with. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
Most of them were just damaged fragments — a tentacle here, a dorsal fin there. From Wordnik.com. [Monster of the Deep] Reference
The old man was startled, but grabbed the shark's dorsal fin before it swam away. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Man and the Shark] Reference
One peculiarity is that the extremity of the dorsal part of the tail is prehensile. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 2, February 1886] Reference
Make the bath the P. P., and place the N.P. on the spine at the upper dorsal vertebra. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
To those in my milieu, there is no sight more dreaded than their daggerlike dorsal fin. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates In Tuxedos] Reference
Tarsal, metatarsal, and small digital branches spring from the dorsal artery of the foot. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The size of the dorsal area of sandy buff with narrow streakings of Nos. 31114-31115 suggests. From Wordnik.com. [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference
Apply the eye-bath, N. P., to the eye, and sponge-cup P.P. upon one of the upper dorsal vertebræ. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
The descending thoracic aorta lies still more deeply situated at the left side of the dorsal spine. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
There can be trouble, too, back in the dorsal horn, where our body's two sensory nervous systems meet. From Wordnik.com. [Taking A New Look At Pain] Reference
This may be readily relieved by applying P.P. to uterus, and N.P. to lower dorsal and upper lumbar vertebræ. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
It has a trapdoor-like mouth high on the head, and a "fishing lure" formed by the first dorsal spine on the snout. From Wordnik.com. [Census Of Marine Life: Gulf Of Mexico Is 5th Most Diverse Area] Reference
Broken free by the more excitable peechie, Guramachimachi returned to his tribe, dorsal tube pulsating with pride. From Wordnik.com. [Guramachimachi] Reference
In either case, treat the heart with P. P., moderate force, placing N.P. at lower dorsal or upper lumbar vertebræ. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
Although the fan is now expected to make a full recovery, she suffered injuries to one leg and four dorsal vertebrae. From Wordnik.com. [Ou Est Le Swimming Pool singer 'injured fan before killing himself'] Reference
Between the dorsal vertebral and the sternum, the line of median cleavage is maintained and sketched out in membrane. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
P.P. over the affected parts, and also over the thorax generally, and along down the spine to the lower dorsal vertebræ. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
The innermost tendon of the short common extensor crosses in front of the dorsal artery of the foot near its termination. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Then remove N.P. to the lower dorsal vertebræ, just above the kidneys, and treat with P.P. over the lower part of the lungs. From Wordnik.com. [A Newly Discovered System of Electrical Medication] Reference
The proboscis-gut occurs as an outgrowth from the anterior dorsal wall of the collar-gut, and extends forward into the basal. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The space is now vacant, pending the complete restoration of the screen, and is simply concealed by the dorsal and lateral curtains. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
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